Virginia congressional Democrats hint at path for easing political crisis

A statement issued on Thursday by U.S. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, and signed by seven other Virginia Democrats from the House of Representatives, still called for Northam to resign over racist imagery on his 1984 medical school page ad his admission to having performed in blackface. Blackface traces its history to 19th century "minstrel" shows that mocked African-Americans and is seen as offensive by many Americans. Northam, 59, and Herring, 57, both white, have apologized in recent days for the blackface incidents.